Vera Xia 夏靖宜
Photography
la petite mort (2022-2025)
Days of Judgement (2022)
The Nocturnal (2020-2021)
Untitled Movies (2019)
In the Mood for Love (2018）
Vera Jingyi Xia
夏靖宜 b.1999
is a photographer, filmmaker, interpreter、and a curator based in Hunan and Beijing, China. She was born in Yiyang, Hunan Province, in 1999. She graduated in 2021 from the Photography Department at Bard College in New York. A film enthusiast, she worked as a 35mm film projectionist at the college.
After graduation, she pursued further education in cinematography at the Beijing Film Academy. Since then, she has been involved in the shooting and production of numerous short films, taking on roles such as Director of Photography, Production Designer, and still photographer. She has also made documentaries.
Her photographic work has been exhibited in various photography and art shows in cities including New York, Berlin, Tokyo, Beijing, Changsha, and Chongqing. In 2020, her matchbox collection titled "THE NOCTURNAL" was published by HAKUCHI. This series received acclaim, winning the "Kunpeng Award" from the China Young Photographers Promotion Program at the 2021 Pingyao International Photography Festival. Additionally, it was shortlisted for the "Chiri Photography Festival," where it earned a Special Recommendation Award from judge Lin Zhipeng, also known as "No. 223." Furthermore, her documentary "Where You Look 2023" was shortlisted for the Best Documentary Award at the 2024 ARFF Amsterdam International Film Festival.
Education:
2017-2021 BA, Bard College, New York, USA, Photography
2021-2022 Certificate, Beijing Film Academy, Beijing, China, Cinematography
Group Exhibitions:
2025 “Goodbye Hometown” Photographic Art Show, Ware and Wear, Hunan, China
2023 Women Artists Biannual, Beijing Contemporary Art Museum, Beijing, China.
2022 Kong Kong Dong, Kong Kong, White Temple (Bai Miao) Art District, Chaobai River, Beijing, China.
2020 The Song of Morning and Dawn, HAKUCHI Third Anniversary Photography Exhibition, Chongqing, China.
2020 Hide&Seek Photography Show Vol 6, Banshan Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2020 Dirty House Art Exhibition, Changsha, China.
2020 Pankumenta: Multi-Media Art Festival Berlin, Germany.
2019 Photography Moderation Show, Woods Studio, Bard College, New York, USA
2019 Whitney Houston/ Every Woman Biennial New York, USA
2019 Open Call Art Show, Woods Studio, Bard College, New York, USA.
Solo Exhibition
2022 Vera Xia Photography Exhibition Consciousness Wandering in Quantum Field,@hā Art Space, Changsha, China.
2022 The Nocturnal, Tofu Collective Online Solo Exhibition, Denmark.
2019 Untitled Movies Online Solo Exhibition on HAKUCHI
2019 In the Moof for Love Online Solo Exhibition on HAKUCHI
Awards
2024 ARFF Film Festival, Best Documentary Finalist, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2021 Chiri Photography Festival, 798 Enjoy ART Museum, Beijing, China, Winner of the Special Recommendation Award by Lin Zhipeng (aka No.223).
2021 Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, Xi'an, China. Winner of the "KunPeng Award”.
Publications
2023, Obscurities《使者的云》Photography Poetry Collection, available at Printed Matter.
2022, Esquire Fine's "What are Those young people Doing at the Crossroads of West Tucheng/ Midnight Street" photography feature
2021, China Photographer Magazine, Visual Diary of Nocturnal Animals ---- Interview with young photographer Xia Jingyi.
2020, "THE NOCTURNAL" matchbox photography book, and "Phantom 《幻人》 photography book.